Our Lady of Perpetual Hell

Nostalgia seems to be the theme of my life recently. Fitting, then, that I post a Christmas song (a medley, actually, in this case) by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. When I was picking through my 7″ singles for something to illustrate this post, I discovered that I still have the t-shirt transfer that came with “Explosion of Taste”. I wonder if it would still work… (I also had the version that came with the Jiffy Pop. I seem to vaguely recall I actually tried to eat the stuff one very drunken evening. Alas. Prolly tasted like vinyl.) See those shadowy men behind Brian, Reid, and Don in the photo? I decorated my basement apartment on Jarvis @ Isabella with a series of those guys on the walls. I think it was originally for a party and then I just left ‘em up. When I worked at Wheels, Reid and Don–both such sweeties–always brought in an extra for me when they were putting up posters for their shows and those went up on my walls too. That apartment was Shadowy Chic. There were many sweaty, beery nights spent at Shadowy gigs in the back room of the Rivoli. Ah, memories. Those guys put on a helluva show. R.I.P., Reid.